Dave Chapman is an English puppeteer and actor who worked as one of the two performers for BB-8 in Star Wars: Episode VII The Force Awakens, and reprised his role for Star Wars: Episode VIII.^[1] He served as the principle performer for Proxima in Solo: A Star Wars Story, and also portrayed a Mimban guard.^[2]

During production of the Andor television series, the droid B2EMO's dialogue was originally going to be rerecorded by an actor.^[3] Writer and executive producer^[4] Tony Gilroy watched a long list of audition pieces for the role until his brother, John Gilroy, decided he likes Chapman's voice the most. The two then called Chapman and told him he would voice the droid, which left him overwhelmed. Chapman also operated B2EMO in the show.^[3]

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Filmography[]

Year	Title	Series	Contribution(s)
2015	Star Wars: Episode VII The Force Awakens		Performer for BB-8
2017	Star Wars: Episode VIII The Last Jedi		Performer for BB-8
2018	Solo: A Star Wars Story		Mimban guard, performer forProxima[2]
2022	"Kassa"	Andor	B2EMO[4]
2022	"That Would Be Me"	Andor	B2EMO[5]
2022	"Reckoning"	Andor	B2EMO[6]
2022	"Announcement"	Andor	B2EMO[7]
2022	"Narkina 5"	Andor	B2EMO[8]

Sources[]

• Secrets of the Solo: A Star Wars Story Creature Shop on StarWars.com (backup link)
• "200 Reasons Why We Love Star Wars" — Star Wars Insider 200
• Andor — "Kassa"
• Andor — "That Would Be Me"
• Andor — "Reckoning"
• Andor — "Announcement"
• Andor — "Narkina 5"
• Tony Gilroy Breaks Down Andor Season 1 on StarWars.com (backup link)

Notes and references[]

External links[]

• Dave Chapman at the Internet Movie Database
• Dave Chapman on Wikipedia